Formicoxenii

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Formicoxenini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogastrini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Formicoxenini
Forel, 1893
Type genus
Formicoxenus

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogastrini.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • FORMICOXENINI [junior synonym of Crematogastrini]
    • Formicoxenii Forel, 1893a: 164. Type-genus: Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855: 413.

Taxonomic History

  • Formicoxenini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Forel, 1893a: 164 [Formicoxenii]; Bolton, 1994: 105 [Formicoxenini]; Bolton, 2003: 68, 243.
  • Formicoxenini as senior synonym of Cardiocondylini, Leptothoracini, Podomyrmini and Stereomyrmicini: Bolton, 1994: 105.
  • Formicoxenini as senior synonym of Ochetomyrmicini and Solenomyrmini: Bolton, 2003: 68, 243.
  • Formicoxenini as junior synonym of Crematogastrini: Ward, et al. 2015: 77.

Taxonomic References

Emery, 1914a: 42 (Leptothoracini, synoptic classification); Forel, 1917: 244 (synoptic classification); Emery, 1922e: 119 (Stereomyrmicini diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1922e: 123 (Cardiocondylini diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 664, 670 (Ochetomyrmicini, Leptothoracini genera keys); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 827, 885, 886, 889 (Afrotropical Cardiocondylini, Leptothoracini catalogues); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1021, 1029 (Malagasy Cardiocondylini, Leptothoracini catalogues); Emery, 1924d: 236 (Podomyrmini diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924d: 244 (Leptothoracini diagnosis, genera key, catalogue); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 54, 57 (Cardiocondylini, Leptothoracini larvae, review and synthesis); Kugler, C. 1978a: 440 (sting structure); Buschinger, 1981: 211 (socially parasitic taxa, relationships); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79 (synoptic classification); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16 (synoptic classification); Brandão, 1991: 391 (Neotropical fauna, synoptic classification); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1041 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 12 (catalogue); Buschinger, 1997: 1 (Western Europe, socially parasitic species, review); Fernández, 2003d: 317 (Neotropical genera); Bolton, 2003: 68, 243 (diagnosis, synopsis).

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